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Stories about race and identity pique my interest for obvious reasons. That's in my body, my brain, my history, my memories - it's all part of my toolbox as an actor.

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I'm all for philosophical debates about race, but if you look at history, you see that the status quo has power when it's unchallenged. So these conversations about inequality are crucial.

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We need to have a conversation about the fact that black faces are not as visible as they should be, that there is huge inequality everywhere in terms of race.

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People have always made assumptions about me. I become very territorial about my identity because it's been hijacked by so many people with their own projections.

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I don't trust anyone who doesn't change their mind.

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I'm shy at public speaking, which is tough.

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The god of theater laughs in your face at planning. You can't plan as an actor; there's no way, because so much of it is dependent on other people's choices and decisions that you're at the whim of fate, really.

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I think a lot of actors feel like outsiders or miscreants. This profession provides an opportunity to play out all the different parts of ourselves.

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My whole life is an interracial relationship! It's inescapable. I am who I am.

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We all have as much right to take up our space in the world as one another.

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Biography

Nationality: Ethiopian

Type: Actress

Born: Unknown

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